tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post3011300002734236732..comments2017-08-17T04:32:47.322-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Life After HomicideDinahnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-49168647024525790402009-03-13T09:43:00.000-04:002009-03-13T09:43:00.000-04:00For the ones who honestly feel horrible about what...For the ones who honestly feel horrible about what they did, that is just is very, very sad.tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264215182043791934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-31170443907242168482009-03-13T05:21:00.000-04:002009-03-13T05:21:00.000-04:00When murder suspect Keith Phoenix confessed to the...<I>When murder suspect Keith Phoenix confessed to the hate crime slaying of Jose Sucuzhanay, his shocking first words to cops were: "So I killed somebody - that makes me a bad guy?"</I><BR/>He thought the victim was gay you see. Some percentage of the US population would agree with him.<BR/><BR/>I think I may have the capacity for homicide. If it was the only way to stop something like <A HREF="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2u0hy_intersex-infant-surgical-abuse_politics" REL="nofollow">this</A> from happening again. I'd exhaust every other remedy first though. Starting with all the legal ones. Even if I knew I could get away with it. And if killing was the only way, I'd turn myself in afterwards. Society can't let vigilantism remain unpunished. If someone kills someone because there's no option, then they must accept that their punishment is also necessary.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could say this was an isolated incident, but I've been on Intersex support groups for too long. The only thing exceptional here is that the mother managed to get the pathology report. A lot of Intrsexed people feel a justifiable paranoia when it comes to the medical profession. Too many have had organs removed, have been castrated or sterilised, and their medical records "lost", "for the patients' own good".<BR/><BR/>Getting back on topic...<BR/>How does one forgive oneself for doing something unforgiveable? Even if one was "not of sound mind" at the time, say, due to post-partum psychosis? I have some experience of how dramatically fluctuating hormone levels can lead to not thinking straight. there were times when I had to ignore my feelings, and think "what would somebody sane do?" and go with that. <BR/><BR/>How do you make restitution when no restitution is possible? I guess you just have to do as much as you can.<BR/><BR/>I've been told by the people concerned that I've saved a few lives. Work I've done on logistics modelling probably saved tens of thousands in the Aceh earthquake too. But that doesn't give me the right to kill anyone, there is no calculus of morality there.<BR/><BR/>People in that position just have to do their best, I guess. As does everyone else. And ironically, it's the ones that least deserve to suffer the pangs of conscience who suffer the most. What can you do for chronic situational depression and suicidal ideation in such circumstances? Because such feelings would not be irrational, a sign of mental health rather than illness.Zoe Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-60884827730178450132009-03-12T21:45:00.001-04:002009-03-12T21:45:00.001-04:00It is so cool that you have this special service t...It is so cool that you have this special service that finds graphics for your blog posts and edits your journal pieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-25355355240091491112009-03-12T21:45:00.000-04:002009-03-12T21:45:00.000-04:00When I was reading the first line, I was expecting...When I was reading the first line, I was expecting it to read "for the families of the victim". They are the other crime victims.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if those killers who feel "guilty" might partially be feeling sorry for themselves. Sorry they were caught, sorry they have spent the time in jail, sorry they are on probation, sorry their lives just are not what they would be at this point in time if they had not been CAUGHT. <BR/><BR/>What about the privileged killer who gets away with it or is rewarded for the killing (Henry VIII; "Crimes and Misdemeanors" 1989 Woody Allen film). I suspect you'd have a different perspective if somehow you were able to talk to the killers who were not caught.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com